Bodies of scores of migrants recovered after boat capsizes off Yemen

Migrants often find themselves stranded in Yemen, which is mired in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis after six years of conflict ADEN (Yemen), June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of 25 migrants have been recovered off the coast of Yemen after their boat, reportedly carrying up to 200 people, capsized,…

Covid-19: World Bank, AU join hands to deploy vaccines for 400 mln Africans

ADDIS ABABA, June 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)’s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) announced a decision to work together to deploy vaccines for 400 million Africans. This came after the president of the World Bank, David Malpass, met with the AVATT…

18 militants killed, 9 injured in South Afghan province

A file photo of unidentified gunmen LASHKAR GAH (Afghanistan), June 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 18 militants have been killed and nine others sustained injury as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in parts of the restive Helmand province Tuesday, said a statement of provincial police. The security forces involving…

ICC prosecutor seeks full probe into Filipino president’s drug war killings

President Rodrigo Duterte THE HAGUE, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has sought authorisation from The Hague tribunal to open a full investigation into Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ongoing war on drugs that killed thousands of people, including innocent children.Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, whose term…

Burkina Faso army kills 10 ‘terrorists’ after massacre

OUAGADOUGOU, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso’s army said Monday that troops had killed around 10 “terrorists” in security operations following the deadliest massacre in the country’s six-year jihadist insurgency. More than 7,000 people have fled northern Burkina Faso after the attack on the village of Solhan in early June…

China ready to launch first crew to new space station

BEIJING, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. The mission is China’s first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years, and a matter of prestige…

Nicaragua defends arrests of opposition presidential hopefuls; describing them as US-funded ‘usurpers’

MANAGUA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaragua’s government defended the arrests of 13 opposition figures, including four presidential hopefuls, claiming they are “usurpers” funded by the United States to topple President Daniel Ortega. Five more opposition figures were detained on Sunday, including four from the Unamos opposition party. The government said…

UN rights chief urges ‘calm’ as Peru awaits vote result

LIMA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed concern Monday over rising tension in Peru eight days after presidential elections that have yet to yield a result, and urged all parties to “remain calm.” Rightist candidate Keiko Fujimori, 46, has challenged the validity of tens of thousands…

Covid-19: India records 60,471 new cases

NEW DELHI, June 15 (NNN-PTI) — India saw a single day rise of 60,471 new coronavirus infections, the lowest after 75 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 29,570,881, while the daily positivity rate declined to 3.45 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on…

Covid-19: Chinese scientist at centre of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

WASHINGTON, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Chinese scientist at the centre of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialised lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster. “How on earth can I offer up evidence for…